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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There are students in the House, and this is part of our work. I was saying that Mr. Laban Omusundi reminds me of another gentleman whose name I do not seem to recall. I think he was called Major Rop. Thank you, Innocent, for reminding me. In the first Senate, that gentleman would petition this House on something of national importance almost every week. He would tell us that as per the dictates of the Constitution, members of the public are allowed to petition Parliament. Be asked and reminded that as members of the public you can request the House to consider any matter so that we can guide the country. This is an issue that so many people have complained about. I have seen citizens take pictures of waivers by county governments, projects that have been done and you find a huge imposing picture of either the local Member of County Assembly (MCA), governor or Member of Parliament. I do not think there was any such consideration by citizens of this republic when they passed the Kenya Constitution, 2010 that we, as public servants, will take over ownership of projects that we have done using taxpayers' money. If there is to be any picture that is imposed on a project, then it is a picture of the citizens who paid for the project. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like the fact that this Committee in Recommendation No.2 has asked the right body, the EACC, because this is an issue of ethics. The EACC, in collaboration with the Office of the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget, have been asked to enforce compliance with the constitutional and statutory provisions governing integrity and accountability and the proper use of public resources. This is abuse of public resources and I believe people such as Sen. Catherine Mumma, who are normally very consistent on issues of abuse, either of human rights or public resources, will have something to say about this and what they think about it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this Report, we are being told in Recommendation No.3 that after the passage of this Motion, the EACC will have 30 days to bring a report to the House informing us of what efforts they have put in place to ensure compliance with this provision. I want to believe that the Chief Executive officer of EACC will issue this decree in public for people to know that this is abuse of public funds and this is an ethics issue, which any public officer is found to violate. These violations deserve to be punished by law. This Mr. Laban Omosundi has pricked the conscience of a nation by reminding us that the beauty of our Constitution is such that as citizens, we can always remind each other when we find ourselves to be afoul of the law. He has reminded us, as a House, that we cannot allow this to continue. That is why I love the Senate. On a choice between Senate and so many other public offices, I would still choose to be in this House for as long as the people that I The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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